Senior Solutions Architect

Defense Unicorns

27d

About The Position

We are seeking a talented and motivated Solutions Architect to deliver guidance, support, and enablement for Unicorn Delivery Service projects and capabilities. The role works closely with technical groups to advance mission impact by providing technical expertise, proactive assistance, and strategic insights. It helps ensure a seamless customer experience from initial engagement through transition to longer-term execution.

The position includes customer advising, engineering-team leadership, proof-of-concept management, solution architecture, and hands-on work with CI/CD pipelines and UDS Bundles, Zarf packages, and UDS packages. The role also supports discovery, product demonstrations and content creation, process improvement, market research, and exploration of emerging technologies and growth opportunities. The employer is a U.S. government contractor; U.S. citizenship and a Secret security clearance are required. Travel is 25%.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Secret security clearance.
• 7+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 1+ years of experience in a manager role.
• 4+ years of experience with full-stack development teams.
• 5+ years of experience with Defense-based customer-facing interactions and engagements.
• Extensive knowledge of containerization and container orchestration, specifically Kubernetes.
• Ability to architect solutions based on potential customer requirements and articulate those solutions.
• Proven experience synthesizing technical solutions and making sense of them.
• Knowledge of system architecture in cloud and on-premises environments.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or JavaScript and familiarity with web technologies.
• Understanding of continuous delivery and agile principles.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret complex data for informed decision-making.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate, persuade, and negotiate.
• Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

Nice To Haves

• Proven experience in growth engineering, digital marketing, or related roles within a technology startup environment.
• Preferred knowledge of the CNCF ecosystem and tooling.
• Experience with training and mentoring.
• Experience with full-stack development.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Helm, and containers.
• Proven track record of leading and developing high-performing engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact and trusted advisor for customers and their technical needs, challenges, and goals.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of engineers, fostering continuous learning, growth, and support of customer engagements.
• Understand and articulate the technical competency and impact of engineers on the team.
• Understand Defense Unicorns' products and philosophy.
• Assist the team with discovery and framing efforts across the industry.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase team efficiency and effectiveness.
• Assist with product demonstrations and content creation.
• Manage proof-of-concept work.
• Build and maintain continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Build, deploy, test, and troubleshoot UDS Bundles, Zarf packages, and UDS packages.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on brainstorming, research, and innovative growth strategies.
• Conduct market research and competitor analysis to identify growth opportunities.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies related to growth hacking and user acquisition.
• Experiment with tools, techniques, and technologies to improve growth outcomes.
• Adapt to evolving organizational needs and take on additional responsibilities as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed